Voted Best Literary Podcast in 2023 by the Black Podcasting Awards, the Your BIPoC Writing Coach (formerly titled Reed, Write, & Create) podcast offers bite-sized pep-talks for BIPoC writers at every stage of the writing game.

If you are a Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, or any other Writer of Color, and you're looking for your own personal writing coach - to help you write that book; get published; and promote your work -  then this is the podcast for you. 

Award-winning author, educator, and creative writing coach, Lori L. Tharps ( ”Hair Story,” ”Kinky Gazpacho,” and ”Substitute Me”) knows how hard it is to stay committed to your writing projects - whether you’re working on that debut novel, a gut-wrenching memoir, or an essay about your trip around the world. Writing can be your passion, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. And let's not forget about the path to getting published and the non-stop journey of promotion. It's a lot! Especially for BIPoC writers in a publishing industry that is still overwhelmingly centered on whiteness.

On the podcast, Lori is here to serve as your creative-writing coach, and her goal is to help you love your literary life by giving you the tools and motivation to write, publish, and promote your work with purpose and joy. You’ll get inspiring pep talks and literary life lessons based on the lives of our BIPoC literary ancestors. Think Toni Morrison, Sor Juana de la Cruz, Phillis Wheatley and more.

You’ll also hear inspiring interviews with contemporary, best-selling, BIPoC authors who share actionable writing tips and advice to help improve your craft, and better understand the business of writing and the publishing industry.

 New episodes of Your BIPoC Writing Coach are released on Mondays.

Subscribe to the show and find more writing resources for BIPOC writers and the readers who love them at ReedWriteandCreate.com.

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